MELBOURNE, Australia — Dominika Cibulkova reproduced the kind of tennis that helped her reach the final last year as she beat two-time champion Victoria Azarenka 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the fourth round of the Australian Open.

Under the closed roof at Rod Laver Arena, Cibulkova pounded 44 winners, including a dozen on her backhand side, and broke former No. 1-ranked Azarenka’s serve seven times today to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal for the sixth time.

‘‘Obviously, my first choice would be the Cowboys. I’m a little heartbroken over the situation. It was a catch, no doubt. Except for the one guy who called it ... he’s the only one in the entire population of the world who saw it that way. I’m a big fan of Russell Wilson. I’ve looked at a lot of his Instagram posts and he’s has gone through a lot this year with all the personal tragedy. He’s kept it classy. ... I see it ... Seattle 24, New England 21.

The Amarillo Bulls were unable to hang on to an early lead, falling to Odessa for the first time this season, 6-4, on Friday night at the Ector County Coliseum in Odessa.

The Bulls are 15-21-3.

Amarillo led after the first period 2-1, but in the second quarter Odessa got it rolling with three unanswered goals capped off by Andrew McLean scoring past Amarillo goalie Anton Martinsson, who was pulled after two periods.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Roger Federer will look back on it and wonder, just as he did on court, why he just watched as Andreas Seppi went down the line and ended his streak of reaching the Australian Open semifinals for 11 consecutive years.

The 17-time Grand Slam champion was facing match point against Seppi for the first time in their 11 head-to-head meetings, and had control of the rally when he hit a deep forehand into the corner and followed it to the net.